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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES </strong></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">V: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318453?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=3"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Garden Buddies Needed</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">V: Inspirations, Innovations, Transformations</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>CONTINUING</strong> <strong>EDUCATION </strong></span>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CE: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318454?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=4"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Planning for the Future – Covington, IN</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CE: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318455?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=5"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Gardening Conference, Covington, IN</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CE: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318456?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=6"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Wildflower Plants in the Home Landscape</span></a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>MISCELLANEOUS</strong></span>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318457?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=7"><span style="color: #4276aa;">CCMG Welcome Pizza Party</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318458?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=8"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Submit CCMG Award Nominations</span></a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><u>DUE TODAY -</u></strong></span> <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318459?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=9"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Please Complete Annual Volunteer Agreement</span></a></span></li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Garden Buddies Needed</em></strong></span></p>
<p>I have 21 new Master Gardener trainees who NEED buddies! Please consider making a difference in this new volunteers training experience and transition into the Master Gardener program!</p>
<p><strong>Purpose of the Garden Buddy Program</strong>:</p>
<p>To support and assist Master Gardeners in training as they acquire their certification hours, and become part of the MG community.</p>
<p><strong>Responsibilities of Garden Buddies</strong>:</p>
<p>Get to know your buddy and how to be active together by reviewing the <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318453?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=10"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Gardener Buddy Mentor Description</span></a>.</p>
<p>The most important thing about being a Garden Buddy is to be you! Share why you joined the program and what keeps you involved.</p>
<p><strong>Email me, Ava, at </strong><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="mailto:carmien2@illinois.edu"><strong style="color: #4276aa;">carmien2@illinois.edu</strong></a><strong>, if you are interested!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Inspirations, Innovations, Transformations</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Photos due Friday, January 27</em></strong></span></p>
<p>In February, our Master Gardener monthly program will feature <em>Inspirations, Innovations, Transformations</em> – the improvements YOU made to your garden this past growing season. Please submit your “before” and “after” photos with a 25-word description to Ava (<a style="color: #4276aa;" href="mailto:carmien2@illinois.edu"><span style="color: #4276aa;">carmien2@illinois.edu</span></a>) by <strong><em>Friday, January 27</em></strong>. </p>
<p>Photos will be combined in a presentation that we will enjoy during our annual Awards Program scheduled for <strong>Tuesday, February 21</strong>. Questions? Contact Dixie Jackson (<a style="color: #4276aa;" href="mailto:CenSDixie@aol.com"><span style="color: #4276aa;">CenSDixie@aol.com</span></a>) or Bev Herman (<a style="color: #4276aa;" href="mailto:brherman154@gmail.com"><span style="color: #4276aa;">brherman154@gmail.com</span></a>). </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><table xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" style="border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0; line-height: 12px; width: 100%;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="background: #000000; font-size: 1px; padding: 0; line-height: 1px; height: 1px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" style="border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0; line-height: 12px; width: 100%;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><style xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>CE: Planning for the Future</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Thursday, January 12 at 4 p.m. CST</em></strong></span></p>
<p>Purdue Extension and University of Illinois Extension Bi-State Group will host “Planning for the Future” on January 12. Topics of this conference will include “How Much Do I Need to Live?,” developing functional farm meetings and land leasing.</p>
<p>This program will take place in the Oak Room at The Beef House Restaurant in Covington. The program will start at 5 p.m. EST (4 p.m. CST), with a dinner break at 6, and will conclude at 8. Doors and day-of registration open at 4:30 p.m.</p>
<p>The cost for this program is $20 per person, which includes dinner. Register at <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318454?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=11"><span style="color: #4276aa;">https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?registrationid=15382</span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>CE: Gardening Conference</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Tuesday, January 24 at 6 p.m. CST</em></strong></span></p>
<p>Purdue University Extension and University of Illinois Extension are collaborating to offer the annual Bi-State Gardening Conference, being held at The Beef House Restaurant at 16501 Indiana State Road 63, Covington, Indiana, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. EST (4:30 p.m. CST), and the presenters will begin at 7 p.m. EST, following dinner.</p>
<p>This year’s conference will consist of two presentations:</p>
<ul>
<li>“Pollinator Pocket Gardening” by Sandy Mason, University of Illinois Extension State Master Gardener Coordinator</li>
<li>“Cover Crops for the Home Garden” by Ashley Holmes, Purdue University Extension Educator, Ag & Natural Resources.</li>
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<p>The cost for the program is $20, which includes dinner. Register at <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318455?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=12"><span style="color: #4276aa;">https://web.extension.illinois.edu/registration/?RegistrationID=15734</span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>CE: Wildflower Plants in the Home Landscape</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Tuesday, January 24 at 7 p.m. </em></strong></span></p>
<p>Join the Champaign County Master Gardeners as they welcome John Marlin for his presentation of <em>Wildflower Plants in the Home Landscape</em>. John will elaborate on what varieties of native plants thrive best in our urban landscapes and how to make them thrive. Begin planning your 2017 garden with us and practice environmental stewardship in your own home garden. The program will be held <strong>Tuesday, January 24 at 7 p.m. at the Champaign County Extension office</strong>.</p>
<p>This program is free of charge and open to the public. Call the Champaign County Extension office at 217.333.7672 or <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318456?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=13"><span style="color: #4276aa;">register online</span></a>.</p>
<p>John Marlin is retired Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences researcher and professor from the University of Illinois and is also a research affiliate for the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center. For more information on John on his expertise,<a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318460?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=14"><span style="color: #4276aa;"> click here</span></a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Questions? Contact Program Coordinator Ava Heap (<a style="color: #4276aa;" href="mailto:carmien2@illinois.edu"><span style="color: #4276aa;">carmien2@illinois.edu</span></a>). </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><table xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" style="border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0; line-height: 12px; width: 100%;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="background: #000000; font-size: 1px; padding: 0; line-height: 1px; height: 1px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" style="border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0; line-height: 12px; width: 100%;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><style xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>CCMG Welcome Pizza Party</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Thursday, January 17 at 5:30 p.m.</em></strong></span></p>
<p>All Master Gardeners are invited to the <em>Welcome Pizza Party</em> on <strong>Tuesday, January 17 at 5:30 p.m</strong>. This event is to welcome new Master Gardener trainees to the Champaign Master Gardener program. This is an informal opportunity for new interns to meet with current Master Gardeners and learn about what the Champaign County Master Gardeners do.</p>
<p>Food is provided, so please be sure to register. <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318457?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=15"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Click here</span></a> to reserve a seat.</p>
<p>Active Master Gardeners will be representing community projects including Crisis Nursery, Champaign County Nursing Home, Juvenile Detention Center, Prosperity Gardens, Idea Garden, Garden Walk, and Horticulture Hotline.</p>
<p>Here is the agenda for the Pizza Party:</p>
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<li>5:30pm-6:00pm: trainee’s arrive and begin mingling with several booths/tables</li>
<li>6:00pm: Pizza is served!</li>
<li>6:15pm: Introduce current president/vice president</li>
<li>6:30pm: Community gardens/volunteer projects give a brief (3-5 min) presentation to the entire group</li>
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<p><strong>This event is for Master Gardeners and Master Gardener Trainees only</strong>. Please meet at the Champaign County Extension office at 801 N Country Fair Drive, Suite D.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Submit CCMG Award Nominations</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Submission due by Friday, February 3</em></strong></span></p>
<p>Now is the time to nominate fellow Master Gardeners and special community members for the <strong><em>Making a Difference</em></strong> and <strong><em>Friend of a Master Gardener</em></strong> award.</p>
<p>The<strong><em> Making a Difference Award</em> </strong>honors Champaign County Master Gardeners who, through their initiative, commitment, and quiet, unselfish service, enrich the CCMG program.</p>
<p><strong><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318461?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=16"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Click here</span></a> for the Making a Difference nomination form. </strong></p>
<p>The <strong><em>Friend of a Master Gardener </em></strong>is given to non-Master Gardeners or a company for exceptional service to the Master Gardener program.</p>
<p><strong><a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318462?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=17"><span style="color: #4276aa;">Click here </span></a>for the Friend of a Master Gardener nomination form.</strong></p>
<p>To learn more about these awards and to view past recipients, <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318458?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=18"><span style="color: #4276aa;">click here</span></a>.</p>
<p><strong>Submissions needed by Friday, February 3</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em>Please Complete 2017 Annual Volunteer Agreement</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #ff0000;"><strong><em>DUE TODAY!</em></strong></span></p>
<p>In order to remain a part of the Champaign County University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener Program, one must submit an annual <strong>2017 Volunteer Agreement</strong>. Master Gardeners Interns who are still working on completing their internships do not have to sign this agreement as the training agreement signed is sufficient until active volunteer status is achieved.</p>
<p>Please complete and return your agreement by <strong>Monday, January 9</strong>. You may mail, email, or hand deliver the agreement.</p>
<p>Follow <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318459?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=19"><span style="color: #4276aa;">this link </span></a>for a digital version of the agreement to sign.</p>
<p>The form can also be found on our website: <a style="color: #4276aa;" href="https://illinois.edu/emailer/forward2/7318463?emailAddress=ccmg-announce@lists.communitylists.org&orderId=20"><span style="color: #4276aa;">http://go.my.illinois.edu/mgforms</span></a></p>
<p><strong>If we do not receive an agreement by Monday, January 9, we will assume that you are no longer interested in the program and your status will be declared <em>Inactive</em>. </strong>After that time, you are welcome to contact me to change your status and become an active Master Gardener.</p>
<p>If you have questions about the agreement, submitting volunteer hours, or getting reacquainted with the Master Gardener program, please call me at 333-7672. </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><table xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" style="border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0; line-height: 12px; width: 100%;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="background: #cccccc; font-size: 1px; padding: 0; line-height: 1px; height: 1px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" style="border: none; width: 100%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0; line-height: 12px; width: 100%;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><style xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
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